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PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG USE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: A UNIVERSITY OUTPATIENT CLINIC EXPERIENCE

BİR ÜNİVERSİTE KLİNİĞİ DENEYİMİ: ERKEN ÇOCUKLUK DÖNEMİNDE PSİKOTROP İLAÇ KULLANIMI

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Discussion: It is important to carry out a comprehensive assessment process while evaluating psychiatric disorders in preschoolers, to be very careful while medicating children who have average or severe symptoms and disruption in functioning

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Objective & Hypothesis:Objective: The aim of this study was to assess all the preschoolers being followed up in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinic, to determine the psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses that require psychotropic medication use and to identify the features regarding psyhoctropic drug use (dosage, duration of medication use, side effects etc).
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Key Findings & Data:Method: Children of the preschool period that were assessed in the outpatient unit between February 2008 and February 2010 were included in the study.
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Conclusion & Impact:Discussion: It is important to carry out a comprehensive assessment process while evaluating psychiatric disorders in preschoolers, to be very careful while medicating children who have average or severe symptoms and disruption in functioning
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Objective: The aim of this study was to assess all the preschoolers being followed up in a child and adolescent psychiatry clinic, to determine the psychiatric symptoms and diagnoses that require psychotropic medication use and to identify the features regarding psyhoctropic drug use (dosage, duration of medication use, side effects etc). Method: Children of the preschool period that were assessed in the outpatient unit between February 2008 and February 2010 were included in the study. For the cases who had used psychotropic drugs during the follow up period, data regarding the follow up duration, DSM-IV diagnoses, target symptoms and signs that required medication use, names of the psychotropic drugs and the dosages, duration of drug use, effects and side effects reported, change in medication if present during the process and family compatibility were gathered. Results: The number of the preschoolers evaluated in the study was 228. Thirty children (13.2%) were using psychotropic drugs during the assessment period. Most commonly used drugs were atypical antipsyhotics with the percentage of 90% (n=27). While 80% of the cases were reported to have benefi ted from drug use, in 73.3% of the cases, the treatment compliance was found to be good. Discussion: It is important to carry out a comprehensive assessment process while evaluating psychiatric disorders in preschoolers, to be very careful while medicating children who have average or severe symptoms and disruption in functioning

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Amaç: Bir çocuk ve ergen ruh sağlığı ve hastalıkları polikliniğinde izlenen okul öncesi yaş grubundaki tüm çocukların değerlendirilmesi, psikotrop ilaç kullanımını gerektiren psikiyatrik belirti ve tanıların belirlenmesi, psikotrop ilaç kullanımına ilişkin özelliklerinin (doz, kullanım süresi, yan etkileri, vb.) araştırılması amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: Çalışmaya Şubat 2008 - Şubat 2010 tarihleri arasında poliklinikte değerlendirilen okul öncesi yaş grubundaki olgular alınmıştır. İzlem sürecinde psikotrop ilaç kullanmış olan olgular için; izlem süresi, DSM-IV tanıları, ilaç kullanımını gerektiren hedef belirtiler, kullanılan psikotrop ilaçların adı, dozu, kullanım süresi, bildirilen etkileri ve yan etkileri, tedavi sü- recinde psikotrop ilaç değişikliği yapılıp yapılmadığı ve psikotrop ilaç kullanımına ailenin uyumu alanlarında veriler toplanmıştır. Sonuçlar: Çalışmada değerlendirilen olguların sayısı 228’dir. İzlemleri sırasında psikotrop ilaç kullanı- mı olan 30 (%13.2) çocuk olduğu belirlenmiştir. En sık kullanılan ilaçların %90.0 oranında (n=27) atipik antipsikotikler olduğu görülmüştür. Olguların %80.0’inde ilaçtan yararlanım olduğu belirtilirken, %73.3’ünde tedaviye uyumun iyi düzeyde olduğu saptanmıştır. Tartışma: Okul öncesi yaş grubundaki çocuklarda ruhsal bozukluklara yönelik kapsamlı bir değerlendirme sürecinin yapılması, orta ya da şiddetli düzeyde belirtileri ve işlevsellikte bozulması olan çocuklarda ilaç tedavisinin dikkatli bir biçimde kullanılması tedaviye yanıtı ve tedaviyi sürdürme oranını artıracaktır.

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VAROL, F. T., ÖZBEK, A., EVCEN, C. J., KARAARSLAN, D. (2015). PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG USE IN EARLY CHILDHOOD: A UNIVERSITY OUTPATIENT CLINIC EXPERIENCE. Çocuk ve Gençlik Ruh Sağlığı Dergisi, Cilt: 22 - Sayı: 1, 17–27. https://ajindex.com/articles/152450

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